[Coral-List] Coral Health and Disease Assessment Workshop - Maldives

[marhe center]

Dear Colleagues,

the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, would like to announce the
upcoming 1st edition of the international training workshop "*CORAL HEALTH
AND DISEASE ASSESSMENT*".

We organize an 8-day intensive full-time hands-on, in-water practical
program. The workshop touches on current best practices of health
monitoring in coral reef ecosystems, threats to coral reefs, field and
laboratory methods used to assess coral reef health, their advantages and
limitations, and management practices that can help reefs become more
resilient. The program will be divided into a series of classroom lessons
and field activities. Lessons will be held at the MaRHE Center (
www.marhe.unimib.it) Magoodhoo Island, Faafu Atoll, MALDIVES.

All field activities will be carried out on SCUBA diving and snorkelling
equipment.

Registration deadline: *1st October 2021*

*Content of the workshop*
The course will consist of a series of lectures and field activities held
by international researchers with experience working in tropical marine
environments: Dr. Greta Aeby and Dr. Michelle M. Dennis.

After this training period you will be able to:
- Improve your knowledge on coral biology and ecology
- Have an appreciation of the disease investigation concept and tools to
investigate wildlife diseases
- Have an appreciation of the general health of reef organisms (turtles,
fish, echinoderms, corals)
- Identify corals found in the Maldives to genus level
- Understand the status of coral reefs and the threats from disease
- Improve your knowledge in the proper description of lesions in corals
- Implement a survey and apply investigative techniques to assess coral
health
- Improve your in-situ identification and description of coral lesions
- Improve your knowledge of sample collection and processing techniques for
histopathological and microbial studies
- Assess the need for coral histopathology during disease studies
- Improve the interpretation of coral histology slides

By attending the workshop, participants will be provided with a certificate
on theoretical and practical knowledge on coral health and disease through
an international virtual credit named *Open Badge* released by the
University of the Milano-Bicocca. To download the full program for detail,
cost and practical information, please visit this page:
https://marhe.unimib.it/wp-content/uploads/sites/47/2021/07/Coral-Health-and-Disease-Assessment-Workshop.pdf

For any additional information, feel free to send an email to
marhe at unimib.it or elena.cotugno at unimib.it

Best Wishes

MaRHE Center Staff